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		<title>Beware of condo board’s right to reject buyer&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/08/23/beware-of-condo-boards-right-to-reject-buyer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Kass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEAR BENNY: I have some questions regarding an owner&#8217;s right to rent his condo: 1. Does the condo board have the right to change the rules regarding acceptable terms for a lease? For example, can it say the lease must be for a minimum of six months and not more than a year? 2. Other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t spend that escrow windfall&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/01/17/dont-spend-that-escrow-windfall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Kass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEAR BENNY: We moved to Jacksonville, Fla., in 2010, but still own a home in Pensacola that we are renting to some friends. We got a check in the mail for an alleged overpayment from escrow. I remember telling my wife they had the home insurance wrong on the HUD-1 form, so we figured it was discovered and they reimbursed us. So we used the money to pay bills.]]></description>
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		<title>Be sure to get the closing date in writing&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/01/16/be-sure-to-get-the-closing-date-in-writing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Kass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEAR BENNY: We have a purchase agreement with buyers that states they will close, as a cash sale, on or before a specific date. This agreement was signed one month before that closing date.]]></description>
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		<title>Get rid of an uspide-down second home&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/01/10/get-rid-of-an-uspide-down-second-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Kass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEAR BENNY: We live in California and own a second home within five miles of our primary residence.

This second home has been used as a rental, initially to persons we were not connected with in any way. For the past 10 years, two different sets of relatives who were in need of a new start in life lived in the home. ]]></description>
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		<title>Buyer must be persuaded to release earnest money&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/01/06/buyer-must-be-persuaded-to-release-earnest-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Kass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEAR BENNY: Our buyer defaulted on his real estate contract and has decided not to buy our house.

He had put up a $20,000 earnest money deposit, which we want. However, our real estate broker is refusing to release those funds. What can we do? – Dylan]]></description>
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		<title>Trusts can control who gets real estate after death&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/01/03/trusts-can-control-who-gets-real-estate-after-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Kass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEAR BENNY: I own two homes. In my will and my trust, I have assigned a beneficiary for each of the properties. However, I would like for the properties to cede to a nonprofit once the designated beneficiary dies, rather than the properties being successively willed to beneficiaries of their choosing. Is there any means to make this happen? – Jerry]]></description>
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		<title>Check the statute of limitations for lenders&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/12/30/check-the-statute-of-limitations-for-lenders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Kass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Benny: I had two properties foreclosed on this year. Although we had short-sale offers on both properties, for some reason the banks would not accept the offers. One of them was my primary residence, which had a first loan of $417,000, and a second in the amount of $180,000. The second home was an investment property, for which the first loan was $290,000 and the second loan was $60,000.]]></description>
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		<title>How to claim $500K tax break after spouse dies&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/12/23/how-to-claim-500k-tax-break-after-spouse-dies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Kass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEAR BENNY: My husband died this past August.

We owned and lived in our house for more than 
15 years, but now I want to sell. Am I eligible for the up-to-$500,000 exclusion of any profit that I will make? – Annie]]></description>
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